Is Steve Daines Back to Supporting Child-Abusing Roy Moore?

After a brief flirtation with morality and respect for women, the Republican establishment is back to openly supporting child-abusing Roy Moore, even as more evidence comes to light debunking his horrific attacks on the women who’ve had the courage to stand and recount their experiences.

Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority leader, flip-flopped on Moore Sunday, saying that the man he called unfit for office just last week should be seated in the Senate if he wins:

“The people of Alabama are going to decide a week from Tuesday who they want to send to the Senate,” McConnell said Sunday in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “It’s really up to them. It’s been a pretty robust campaign with a lot of people weighing in. The president and I, of course, supported somebody different earlier in the process. But in the end, the voters of Alabama will make their choice.”

Breitbart News first reported that the RNC had decided to step back into the race just hours after President Trump fully endorsed the controversial candidate.

“We can confirm our involvement in the Alabama Senate race,” an RNC official told The Hill.

So that leaves us with Steve Daines, who tepidly and timidly walked back his endorsement of the horrifically bigoted Moore last week without having the courage to defend the women making the accusations or even criticize Moore directly. While some in the Republican Party like Mitt Romney have had the courage to argue that Moore should not be seated and should be actively opposed by Senate Republicans, our junior Senator, the one who is so afraid of his constituents that he won’t meet with them, has remained on the sidelines.

So shouldn’t the Montana press ask Daines to clarify his position on Moore? Does he hope he’ll win the race? Will he move to block him from being seated if he wins?

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Don Pogreba

Don Pogreba is an eighteen-year teacher of English, former debate coach, and loyal, if often sad, fan of the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers. He spends far too many hours of his life working at school and on his small business, Big Sky Debate.